Usila Chinantec
| Usila | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca, one town in Veracruz |
| Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
Native speakers | 7,400 (2000)[1] |
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Oto-Mangue
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
cuc |
| Glottolog |
usil1237[2] |
Usila is a Chinantec language of Mexico. It is most similar to Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec, with which it has 50% intelligibility (intelligibility in the reverse direction is 85%, presumably due to greater familiarity in that direction).[3]
Like other Chinantec and Mazatec languages, Usila Chinantec is a tonal language noted for having whistled speech. Its tone system is unusually detailed, however, with five register tones.
References
- ↑ Usila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Usila Chinantec". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/language/cuc